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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Hill City, 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 Hill City:
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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Hill City:

Hill City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

Footnotes ...

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

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