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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Bridgeville, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bridgeville:
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 (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Bridgeville:

Bridgeville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/