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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Houcksville, 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 Houcksville:
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

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

Houcksville 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 Houcksville. See our Misc Page for Houcksville 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/