Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Torrance data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Torrance:

Torrance was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)