Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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 1899 (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

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

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

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