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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Cotton Valley 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 Cotton Valley:
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.

Shell Oil Road Map for Louisiana (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Cotton Valley. See our Misc Page for Cotton Valley 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/