Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Santa Monica, 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 Monica:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Santa Monica:

Santa Monica was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)