Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Raleigh was listed as Raleigh Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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