Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ruthven 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.

Shell Oil Road Map for Iowa (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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