Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Placerville, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Placerville:
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

Placerville was listed as Placerville Courthouse.

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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Placerville:

Placerville was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)