Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Sandy Spring data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

Maryland: Official Transportation Map (2003)
Published by the State Highway Administration

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

Sandy Spring 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 Sandy Spring. See our Misc Page for Sandy Spring for more information.