Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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