Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Island Shoals came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Island Shoals in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Island Shoals. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

Island Shoals 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 Island Shoals. See our Misc Page for Island Shoals for more information.