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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Oketo:

Oketo was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Footnotes ...

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

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