Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Redwood City was listed as Redwood City 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)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Redwood City:

Redwood City was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Redwood City: www.redwoodcity.org/

The official website for San Mateo County: www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/

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