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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Fruitland Park, 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 Fruitland Park:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Fruitland Park:

The following route mentioned Fruitland Park 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)

Footnotes ...

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

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