Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of East Jordan:

East Jordan was mentioned in the following schedule:

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)