Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Indiana (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Atlanta in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Atlanta for more information.

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