Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Garden 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 Garden Grove:
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

In addition:

Railroad Mentions of Garden Grove:

Garden Grove was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)