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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Elk Grove 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 Elk Grove:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

We found Elk Grove in these Censuses: 2010. See our Census Page for Elk Grove for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Elk Grove. See our Misc Page for Elk Grove 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/