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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Folkston, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Folkston:
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)

Map from 1883 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

We found Folkston in these Censuses: 2010. See our Census Page for Folkston for more information.

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


Railroad Mentions of Folkston:

Folkston was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

The official website for Folkston: www.cityoffolkston-ga.gov/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

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

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









 

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