Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Pico Rivera data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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)

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Pico Rivera:

The following routes mentioned Pico Rivera as a scheduled stop:

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (train schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pico Rivera: www.pico-rivera.org/

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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