Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Oceanside:

Oceanside was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

The following route mentioned Oceanside as a scheduled stop:

The San Diegan: From Santa Fe Railroad timetable for the defunct San Diegan (train schedule from 1969). The San Diegan travelled between Los Angeles (CA) and San Diego (CA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Oceanside: www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

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