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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Blue Mound. See our Misc Page for Blue Mound 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/