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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about West Penobscot, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Penobscot:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

West Penobscot 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 Penobscot. See our Misc Page for West Penobscot 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/