Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Gobles:

Gobles was mentioned in the following schedules:

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (May 1892)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)