Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Port Costa 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 Port Costa:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

Port Costa 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 Port Costa. See our Misc Page for Port Costa for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Port Costa:

Port Costa was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Costa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Contra Costa County: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/

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