Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Port Austin was listed as Port Austin Courthouse.

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

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

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

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