Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about West Des Moines, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for West Des Moines: www.city.west-des-moines.ia.us/

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/