Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Sonora was listed as Sonora 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)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Sonora:

Sonora was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Sierra Railroad Railroad Employees' Time Table #52 (October 1939)