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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Maysville was listed as Maysville Courthouse.

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 (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Maysville:

The following route mentioned Maysville as a scheduled stop:

The The George Washington: From the inaugural timetable for the George Washington (Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's timetable - April 24th, 1932). The George Washington travelled between Old Point Comfort (VA) and Cincinnati (OH)

Footnotes ...

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

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