Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about La Porte came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of La Porte in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about La Porte. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our La Porte 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 La Porte:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

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