Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing 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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Petaluma:

Petaluma was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)