Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Crab Orchard 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 Crab Orchard:
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 - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Kentucky (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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