Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Vincennes 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 Vincennes:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

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.

Vincennes 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 Vincennes. See our Misc Page for Vincennes for more information.