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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for El Cajon:
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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/