Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing 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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Blue Rapids:

Blue Rapids was mentioned in the following schedules:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)