Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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