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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Springport came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Springport in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Springport. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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