Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Kansas (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Belle Plaine:

Belle Plaine was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)