Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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