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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Delaware City, 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 Delaware City:
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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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