Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ottawa 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 Ottawa:
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

Ottawa was listed as Ottawa Courthouse.

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

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

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

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