Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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