Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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