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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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