Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Cerritos came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Cerritos in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cerritos. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Cerritos 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 Cerritos:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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)

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

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

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