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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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