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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Dry Ridge 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 Dry Ridge:
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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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