Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Point 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 West Point:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1839 (unknown title/publisher)

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

We found West Point in these Censuses: 2010-1870. See our Census Page for West Point for more information.

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