Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Big Sur data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

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

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