Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Vale 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 Vale:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

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

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