Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Farmland:

Farmland was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)