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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of McAvoy:

McAvoy was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)