Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

San Francisco was listed as San Francisco Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of San Francisco:

San Francisco was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Employees' Time Table (February 1938)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following routes mentioned San Francisco 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 the timetable for the California Zephyr (schedule from 1954). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and 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 San Francisco: www.ci.sf.ca.us/

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