Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rapid City 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)

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

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

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