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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Rolling Prairie, 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 Rolling Prairie:
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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Rolling Prairie:

Rolling Prairie was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Footnotes ...

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

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