Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Cross Plains 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 Cross Plains:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1895 (unknown title/publisher)

Cross Plains 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 Cross Plains. See our Misc Page for Cross Plains for more information.