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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Brewster. See our Misc Page for Brewster 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/