Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Pontiac was listed as Pontiac Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Pontiac:

Pontiac was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pontiac: www.pontiac.mi.us/

The official website for Oakland County: www.co.oakland.mi.us/

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