Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

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)

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Railroad Mentions of Belle Plaine:

Belle Plaine was mentioned in the following schedules:

Chicago and Northwest Railway Time Table (September 1901)

Chicago and Northwest Railway Time Table (June 1913)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)