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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Gastonburg, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gastonburg:
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)

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

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

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