Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Ballstown 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 Ballstown. See our Misc Page for Ballstown for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ballstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ripley County: www.ripleycounty.com/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov