Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rapid 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 Rapid City:
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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Rapid City:

Rapid City was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)