Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mount Desert 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 Mount Desert:
Services available in 1895: had a Post 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 (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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