Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Sylvan Grove 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 Sylvan Grove:
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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Sylvan Grove:

Sylvan Grove 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)