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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/