Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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