Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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