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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Rising Sun came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rising Sun:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun. See our Misc Page for Rising Sun 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/