Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our New Orleans 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 New Orleans:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

New Orleans was listed as New Orleans Courthouse.

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)

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

New Orleans was listed as New Orleans Courthouse.

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

New Orleans was listed as New Orleans Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of New Orleans:

New Orleans was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

The following routes mentioned New Orleans as a scheduled stop:

The City of New Orleans: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of New Orleans (train schedule from 1947). The City of New Orleans travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)

The Gulf Wind: From the timetable for the Gulf Wind (train schedule from 1969). The defunct Gulf Wind travelled between New Orleans (LA) and Jacksonville (FL)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for New Orleans: www.cityofno.com/

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/