Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bay City 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 Bay City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Bay City was listed as Bay City Courthouse.

Michigan Ghost Towns, Vol. 1
Written by: Dodge, Roy L.
Published by Glendon Publishing, 1970
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Bay City:

Bay City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (May 1892)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Bay City: www.baycitymi.org/

The official website for Bay County: www.co.bay.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/