Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Tucson was listed as Tucson Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Tucson:

Tucson was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tucson: www.cityoftucson.org/

The official website for Pima County: www.co.pima.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/