Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

California Place Names
Written by: Gudde, Erwin
Published by University of California Press, 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second Edition)
Written by: Gannett, Henry
Published by the Department of the Interior, the United States Geological Survey - 1905
(Document found on Google Books)

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

Darwin 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 Darwin. See our Misc Page for Darwin for more information.