Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Gordo 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 Gordo:
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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Map of Alabama (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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