Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our El Monte 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 El Monte:
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 Monte is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

Railroad Mentions of El Monte:

El Monte was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)