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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for South Florence. See our Misc Page for South Florence 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/