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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

In addition:

Oateston 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 Oateston. See our Misc Page for Oateston 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/