Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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