Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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