Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Bay State 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 Bay State. See our Misc Page for Bay State for more information.