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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Jackstown came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Jackstown in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Jackstown. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Jackstown 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 Jackstown:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Jackstown. See our Misc Page for Jackstown 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/