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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Blue Ridge, 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 Blue Ridge:
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)

Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge. See our Misc Page for Blue Ridge 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/