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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lake Linden 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 Lake Linden:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

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.

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Lake Linden:

Lake Linden was mentioned in the following schedule:

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

The official website for Lake Linden: www.lakelinden.net/

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

Footnotes ...

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

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









 

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