Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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