Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Dakotas & Minnesota
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of South Dakota (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for South Dakota (1949)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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