Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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