Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about South Boston, 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 South Boston:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

South Boston 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 South Boston. See our Misc Page for South Boston for more information.