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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

The official website for Palo Alto: www.cityofpaloalto.org/

The official website for Santa Clara County: www.sccgov.org/

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










 

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