Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Crescent City 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 Crescent City:
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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Crescent City:

The following route mentioned Crescent City as a scheduled stop:

The Havana Special: From the timetable for the Havana Special (train schedule from 1933). The defunct Havana Special travelled between New York (NY) and Key West (FL)