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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mount Erie 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 Mount Erie:
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

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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