Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Pine Island came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Pine Island in various books and other sources.

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

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

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pine Island: www.cc.pineislandmn.com/

The official website for Goodhue County: www.co.goodhue.mn.us/

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