Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Santa Barbara, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Santa Barbara:
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

Santa Barbara was listed as Santa Barbara 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)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Santa Barbara:

Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara: www.ci.santa-barbara.ca.us/

The official website for Santa Barbara County: www.countyofsb.org/

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