Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Santa Margarita 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 Margarita:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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)

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Railroad Mentions of Santa Margarita:

Santa Margarita was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)