Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Santa Cruz 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 Cruz:
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 Cruz was listed as Santa Cruz 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 Cruz is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Santa Cruz:

Santa Cruz 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)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Santa Cruz: www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/

The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/

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