Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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