Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Ceres:

Ceres was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)