Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Washington Heights 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 Washington Heights. See our Misc Page for Washington Heights for more information.