Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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