Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

San Jose 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 Jose:
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 Jose was listed as San Jose 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 (1924)

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

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

Railroad Mentions of San Jose:

San Jose was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for San Jose: www.sanjoseca.gov/

The official website for Santa Clara County: www.sccgov.org/

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