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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Carencro:

Carencro was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

The official website for Carencro: www.cityofcarencro.org/

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

Footnotes ...

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

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









 

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