Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Forest 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 Forest Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Forest Lake:

Forest Lake was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)