Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Turkey River 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 Turkey River:
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)

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.

Turkey River 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 Turkey River. See our Misc Page for Turkey River for more information.