Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Upper Alton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Upper Alton in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Upper Alton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Upper Alton 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 Upper Alton. See our Misc Page for Upper Alton for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Upper Alton:

Upper Alton was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)