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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Ridge 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 West Ridge:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

West Ridge 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 West Ridge. See our Misc Page for West Ridge 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/