Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Maine Prairie 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 Maine Prairie. See our Misc Page for Maine Prairie for more information.