Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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

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