Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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