Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Monrovia 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 Monrovia:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Monrovia:

Monrovia 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 Monrovia: www.ci.monrovia.ca.us/

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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