Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Somerville was listed as Somerville Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Somerville was listed as Somerville Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Somerville was listed as Somerville Courthouse.

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

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

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