Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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