Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Connecticut (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Bridgeport:

Bridgeport was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)