Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Fort Necessity 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 Fort Necessity. See our Misc Page for Fort Necessity for more information.