Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Grand Island 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 Grand Island:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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