Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Hampden 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 West Hampden:
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

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

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

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