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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Roster > Roster Sources > Pottawattamie Area, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 28 Aug 2023. 
This webpage provides some WWII era information about the seven-county Pottawattamie area.

Part 1 - The WWII 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 - Pottawattamie Area WWII Population Data
Pottawattamie Area Counties and Towns, with WWII and Recent Populations
County - 1940 & 2020 Populations
Town - 1940 & 2020 Populations -  County
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
​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
Gray
Mineola
McClelland
Westphalia
41,439
  5,802
  5,762
  4,501
  3,994
  3,727
  2,409
  2,011
  1,700
  1,598
  1,500
  1,467
  1,320
  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

   182
   166
   165
   126
62,056
 6,404
 5,218
 5,517
 2,563
 4,658
 2,053
 1,130
 1,400
 1,513
    969
 1,361
 1,143
 1,491
    926
    882
    787
    993
    759
 3,763
    935
    604
    803
    352
    190
    633
    361
    420
    539
    463
    606
    314
    144
    204
    192
    261
    313
    327
    291
    241
    344
    258
    370
    126
    590
    202
    204
    982
      58
    144
    167
      91
    963
    272
    143
    616
      61
    224
    177
    149
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
Audubon
Mills
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Roster > Roster Sources > Pottawattamie Area 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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