Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Van Lear data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

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

Van Lear 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 Van Lear. See our Misc Page for Van Lear for more information.