Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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