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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Rothbury:

Rothbury was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/