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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Gardiner 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 Gardiner:
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 (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Gardiner:

Gardiner was mentioned in the following schedule:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/