Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton:
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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Pleasanton:

Pleasanton was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pleasanton: www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/

The official website for Alameda County: www.acgov.org/

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