Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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)

Blanding 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 Blanding. See our Misc Page for Blanding for more information.