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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Newman:

Newman 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/