Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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