Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Marquette was listed as Marquette Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Marquette:

Marquette was mentioned in the following schedule:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)