Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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