Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Northfield came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Northfield in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Northfield. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

From that list:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Northfield:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Northfield:

Northfield was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Northfield: www.ci.northfield.mn.us/

The official website for Rice County: www.co.rice.mn.us/

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