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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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