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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Stone City 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 Stone City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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.

Stone City 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 Stone City. See our Misc Page for Stone City 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/