Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bad Axe data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bad Axe:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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