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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Nortonville 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 Nortonville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Nortonville:

The following route mentioned Nortonville as a scheduled stop:

The City of New Orleans: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of New Orleans (train schedule from 1947). The City of New Orleans travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)

Footnotes ...

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

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