Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Costa Mesa, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

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

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

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

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