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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1930 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Arizona and New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1951)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

We found Maricopa in these Censuses: 2010. See our Census Page for Maricopa for more information.

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


Railroad Mentions of Maricopa:

Maricopa was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/