Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Shreveport was listed as Shreveport 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)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
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

Shreveport was listed as Shreveport Courthouse.

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

Shreveport was listed as Shreveport Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Shreveport:

Shreveport was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Shreveport: www.ci.shreveport.la.us/

The official website for Caddo Parish: www.caddo.org/

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