Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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