Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Black Rock 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 Black Rock. See our Misc Page for Black Rock for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Black Rock:

Black Rock was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)