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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

 

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

Owatonna was listed as Owatonna Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Owatonna:

Owatonna was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/