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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our White Pigeon 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 White Pigeon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

White Pigeon 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 White Pigeon. See our Misc Page for White Pigeon 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/