Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Arroyo Grande 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 Arroyo Grande:
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

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

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

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

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