Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Storm Lake, 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 Storm Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Storm Lake:

Storm Lake was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)