Miscellaneous References and Mentions
While our initial information about Richmond came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Richmond 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 Richmond. We hope that they will be useful to you.
Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Richmond data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.
Richmond is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
From that list:
The Richmond post office opened in 1900.
We found Richmond in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Richmond for more information.
Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Richmond. See our Misc Page for Richmond for more information.
Railroad Mentions of Richmond:
The following routes mentioned Richmond as a scheduled stop:
The City of San Francisco: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of San Francisco (train schedule from 1957). The City of San Francisco travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)
The California Zephyr: From Amtrak's timetable for the California Zephyr (schedule from 2017). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and Ememeryville (CA) - with bus service to San Francisco (CA)
The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Richmond: www.ci.richmond.ca.us/
The official website for Contra Costa County: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |