Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Kansas (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for Kansas (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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