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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Rowena, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rowena:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Rowena:

Rowena was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/