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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hesperia:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/