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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about West Barnstable, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Barnstable:
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

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.

West Barnstable 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 West Barnstable. See our Misc Page for West Barnstable 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/