Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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