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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Atwood, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Atwood:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Atwood:

Atwood was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

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

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