Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Tallahassee was listed as Tallahassee Courthouse.

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

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

Tallahassee was listed as Tallahassee Courthouse.

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

Tallahassee was listed as Tallahassee Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Tallahassee:

Tallahassee was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

The following route mentioned Tallahassee as a scheduled stop:

The Gulf Wind: From the timetable for the Gulf Wind (train schedule from 1969). The defunct Gulf Wind travelled between New Orleans (LA) and Jacksonville (FL)