Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Red Oak came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Red Oak in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Red Oak. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Red Oak is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

From that list:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Red Oak:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

We found Red Oak in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Red Oak for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Red Oak. See our Misc Page for Red Oak for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Red Oak:

Red Oak was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

The following route mentioned Red Oak as a scheduled stop:

The California Zephyr: From the timetable for the California Zephyr (train schedule from 1954). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Red Oak: https://city.redoakiowa.com/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/