Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

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

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