Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Washington was listed as Washington Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

Washington was listed as Washington Courthouse.

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

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

We found Washington in these Censuses: 1990. See our Census Page for Washington for more information.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Washington. See our Misc Page for Washington for more information.