Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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