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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Long Point 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 Long Point. See our Misc Page for Long Point for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/