Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Newport Beach:

Newport Beach was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)