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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Knightstown:

Knightstown was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/