Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara:
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)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Santa Clara:

Santa Clara was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)