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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Mobile Oil Map of Idaho (1949)
Published by Mobile Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for Idaho (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Placerville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Placerville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Placerville. See our Misc Page for Placerville 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/