Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Petrolia came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Petrolia in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Petrolia. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

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)

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

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