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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Lenape 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 Lenape. See our Misc Page for Lenape for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Lenape:

Lenape 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/