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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/