Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Houma data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Houma was listed as Houma Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Houma was listed as Houma Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Houma was listed as Houma Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Houma:

Houma was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)