Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Bluffton was listed as Bluffton Courthouse.

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

Bluffton was listed as Bluffton Courthouse.

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

Bluffton was listed as Bluffton Courthouse.

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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