Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Bend data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Bend:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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)

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

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

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

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

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