Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ava 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 Ava:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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