Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Lake Providence came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Lake Providence in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lake Providence. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

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

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

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