Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

Blue Ball 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 Blue Ball. See our Misc Page for Blue Ball for more information.