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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Paradise:

Paradise 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/