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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Rider came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Rider in various books, maps and other sources.

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rider data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

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)

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/