Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Alexandria was listed as Alexandria Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(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 (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Alexandria was listed as Alexandria Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Alexandria:

Alexandria was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Alexandria: www.cityofalexandriala.com/

The official website for Rapides Parish: www.rppj.com/

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/