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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Sources > Pott. Area in WWII, © 2026 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 7 Jan 2026
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Herein is some WWII era information about the core seven-county Pottawattamie area.
Links to Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Roster Sources > Pott. Area in WWII pages:
  • ​​1945 Pottawattamie County Dead List - taken from the 7 December 1945 Council Bluffs, IA Nonpareil
Part 1 - The WWII Seven-County Pottawattamie Area Transportation System
1940 Pottawattamie Area Highways
1940 Pottawattamie Area Highways
Post WW II Pottawattame Area Railroads
1948 Pottawattamie Area Railroads
Part 2 - Iowa Maps Showing Counties
Iowa Counties & County Seats
Iowa Counties & County Seats
Southwest Iowa Counties & Towns
Southwest Iowa Counties & Towns
Part 3 - Seven-County Pottawattamie Area WWII Population Data
Seven-County Pottawattamie Area Counties and Towns, with WWII and Recent Populations
(in order of 1940 populations)​
County - 1940 & 2020 Populations
Town - 1940 & 2020 Populations​
(a few nearby towns at the bottom)​
Pottawattamie

Harrison

Cass

Shelby

Montgomery

Mills

Audubon
66,756

22,767

18,647

16,720

15,697

15,064

11,790
​93,667

14,582

13,127

11,746 

10,330

14,484

  5,674
Municipality
​​Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Red Oak
Glenwood
Missouri Valley
Harlan
Audubon
Villisca
Logan
Avoca
Dunlap
Woodbine
Malvern
Oakland
Griswold
Anita
Exira
Tabor
Walnut
Carter Lake
Neola
Shelby
Carson
Mondamin
Cumberland
Stanton
Pacific Junction
Lewis
Elliott
Emerson
Elk Horn
Massena
Little Sioux
Defiance
Hastings
Pisgah
Persia
Modale
Kimballton
Silver City
Irwin
Macedonia
Earling
Portsmouth
Minden
Hancock
Panama
Underwood
Wiota
Marne
Magnolia
Grant
Treynor
Henderson
Brayton
Crescent
Kirkman
​Gray
Mineola
McClelland
Coburg
​Westphalia
Tennant
​Blencoe
​Manilla
​Manning
1940
​41,439
  5,802
  5,763
  4,501
  3,994
  3,727
  2,409
  2,011
  1,700
  1,598
  1,550
  1,467
  1,325
  1,317
  1,132
  1,088
  1,046
     976
     902
     846
     841
     627
     613
     610
     578
     571
     558
     557
     548
     498
     486
     479
     434
     428
     403
     397
     395
     385
     349
     346
     345
     329
     320
     320
     310
     256
     255
     251
     246
     245
     242
     231
     219
     217
     217
   
    185
​    182
     ?
    165
​    162
​    126
​    109
​    396
​ 1,040
 1,748
2020
​62,799
 6,792
 5,596
 5,073
 2,678
 4,893
 2,053
 1,132
 1,397
 1,683
 1,038
 1,625
 1,046
 1,491
    994
    973
    787
    993
    747
 3,791
    935
    604
    803
    352
    251
    633
      96
    357
    539
    403
    601
    359
    166
    245
    152
    249
    297
    373
    291
    245
    344
    267
    397
    126
    600
    200
    235
    994
      91
    110
    190
      91
 1,032
    144
    143
    628
     
​      61
    ?
    146
   
​    126
   
​    839
 1,490
County
​Pottawattamie
Cass
Montgomery
Mills
Harrison
Shelby
Audubon
Montgomery
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Harrison
Harrison
Mills
Pottawattamie
Cass
Cass
Audubon
Fremont
Pottawattamie
Pottawattamie 
Pottawattamie
Shelby 
Pottawattamie
Harrison
Cass
Montgomery
Mills
Cass
Montgomery
Mills
Shelby
Cass
Harrison
Shelby
Mills
Harrison
Harrison
Harrison
Audubon
Mills
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Cass
Cass
Harrison
Montgomery
Pottawattamie
Mills
Audubon
Pottawattamie
Shelby
​Audubon
Mills
Pottawattamie
Montgomery
​Shelby
Shelby
​Monona
​Crawford
Carroll
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Dead > Roster Sources > Pott. Area in WWII webpage:
  • 1940 Pottawattamie Area Highways - https://iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1940-front.pdf, courtesy of Iowa Department of Transportation.
  • 1948 Pottawattamie Area Railroads - http://trains.rockycrater.org/graphics/pfmsig/atlas48/ia-1948.jpg, courtesy of Trains magazine, from the Rand McNally Handy Railroad Map of Iowa.
  • Iowa Counties & County Seats - https://www.mapofus.org/iowa/, courtesy of https://www.mapofus.org.
  • Southwest Iowa Counties & Towns - https://east-usa.com/iowa-counties-map.html, courtesy of https://east-usa.com.
Pottawattamie Area Population Report Sources:
  • 1940 data: https://www.iowadatacenter.org/archive/2011/02/citypop.pdf
  • 2020 data: https://www.iowa-demographics.com/cities_by_population
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