Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oil Trough 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 Oil Trough:
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

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

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

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

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

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