Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Walnut Creek 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 Walnut Creek:
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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Walnut Creek:

Walnut Creek was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)