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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Northampton was listed as Northampton Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Northampton was listed as Northampton Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

Northampton was listed as Northampton Courthouse.

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

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Northampton:

Northampton was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

The official website for Northampton: www.ci.northampton.ma.us/

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

Footnotes ...

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

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









 

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