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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Lost River, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lost River:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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)

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Lost River. See our Misc Page for Lost River for more information.

Footnotes ...

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

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