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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

Stringtown 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 Stringtown. See our Misc Page for Stringtown 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/