Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Long Island came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Long Island in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Long Island. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Long Island 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 Long Island:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

We found Long Island in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Long Island for more information.

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