Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Battle Lake 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 Battle Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Dakotas & Minnesota
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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