Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our New Britain 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 New Britain:
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of New Britain:

New Britain was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)