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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Map of Alabama (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/