Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

West Simsbury 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 West Simsbury. See our Misc Page for West Simsbury for more information.