Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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)

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

We found Blue Mountain in these Censuses: 2000-1990. See our Census Page for Blue Mountain for more information.

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