Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Dos Palos:

Dos Palos was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dos Palos. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Merced County: www.co.merced.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/