Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Evansville was listed as Evansville Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Evansville was listed as Evansville Courthouse.

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

Evansville was listed as Evansville Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Evansville:

Evansville was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

The following route mentioned Evansville as a scheduled stop:

The Dixie Flagler: From the timetable for the Dixie Flagler (train schedule from 1941). The defunct Dixie Flagler travelled between Chicago (IL) and Miami (FL)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Evansville: www.vanderburghgov.org/

The official website for Vanderburgh County: www.vanderburghgov.org/

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