Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Detroit Lakes, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Detroit Lakes:

Detroit Lakes was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Detroit Lakes: www.ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us/

The official website for Becker County: www.co.becker.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/