Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Anaheim:

Anaheim was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Anaheim as a scheduled stop:

The San Diegan: From Santa Fe Railroad timetable for the defunct San Diegan (train schedule from 1969). The San Diegan travelled between Los Angeles (CA) and San Diego (CA)