Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about King City, 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 King City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of King City:

King City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for King City: www.kingcity.com/

The official website for Monterey County: www.co.monterey.ca.us/

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