Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Rio Vista:

Rio Vista was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rio Vista: www.ci.rio-vista.ca.us/

The official website for Solano County: www.co.solano.ca.us/

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