Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Shady Grove 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 Shady Grove. See our Misc Page for Shady Grove for more information.