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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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)

Shell Oil Road Map for Arkansas (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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