Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Sidney was listed as Sidney Courthouse.

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)

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Sidney:

Sidney was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)