Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Owendale data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Owendale:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Owendale:

Owendale was mentioned in the following schedule:

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)