Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Santa Maria: www.ci.santa-maria.ca.us/

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

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