Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Saint Augustine 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 Saint Augustine:
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

Saint Augustine was listed as Saint Augustine Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Saint Augustine was listed as Saint Augustine Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Saint Augustine was listed as Saint Augustine Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Saint Augustine:

Saint Augustine was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

The following routes mentioned Saint Augustine as a scheduled stop:

The City of Miami: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Miami (train schedule from 1941). The City of Miami travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)

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)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Saint Augustine: www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us/

The official website for Saint Johns County: www.co.st-johns.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/