Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Washington Prairie, 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 Washington Prairie:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Washington Prairie. See our Misc Page for Washington Prairie for more information.