Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data 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. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

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.

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

From that list:

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

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:

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/