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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Griffith 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 Griffith:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Griffith:

Griffith was mentioned in the following schedule:

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)