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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1883 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Folks. See our Misc Page for Folks for more information.

Footnotes ...

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

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