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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Eastport 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 Eastport:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express 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

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Maritime Provinces of Canada (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Eastport is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Eastport. See our Misc Page for Eastport 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/