Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield. See our Misc Page for Flowerfield for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Flowerfield:

Flowerfield was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flowerfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Saint Joseph County: www.stjosephcountymi.org/

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