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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

In addition:

South Platte 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 South Platte. See our Misc Page for South Platte for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/