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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fort Deposit 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 Fort Deposit:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Fort Deposit. See our Misc Page for Fort Deposit 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/