Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Oakland 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 West Oakland:
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)

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

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