Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Benicia 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 Benicia:
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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Benicia:

Benicia 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)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)