Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Irena 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 Irena:
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)

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

We found Irena in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Irena for more information.

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