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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Peoria:

Peoria was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

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

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