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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Valley Junction 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 Valley Junction. See our Misc Page for Valley Junction 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/