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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

We found Volo in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Volo for more information.

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


Railroad Mentions of Volo:

Volo was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

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

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