Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Short Beach 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 Short Beach. See our Misc Page for Short Beach for more information.