Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mankato 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 Mankato:
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

Mankato was listed as Mankato Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Mankato:

Mankato was mentioned in the following schedule:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)