Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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