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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Texas City, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Texas City:
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

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

Texas City 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 Texas City. See our Misc Page for Texas City for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Texas City:

Texas City was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/