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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mount Ayr 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 Mount Ayr:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/