Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our San Rafael 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 Rafael:
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

San Rafael was listed as San Rafael Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of San Rafael:

San Rafael was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for San Rafael: www.cityofsanrafael.org/

The official website for Marin County: www.co.marin.ca.us/

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