Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Waterloo was listed as Waterloo Courthouse.

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 of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Iowa (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Waterloo:

Waterloo was mentioned in the following schedule:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)