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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Black Bayou. See our Misc Page for Black Bayou for more information.

Footnotes ...

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

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