Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Plaquemine was listed as Plaquemine 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

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

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

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

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