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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Pigeon. See our Misc Page for Pigeon 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/