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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Convent was listed as Convent 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

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

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

Convent 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 Convent. See our Misc Page for Convent 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/