Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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