Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Saint Ansgar, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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