Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Coney Island data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Coney Island:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

The GNIS database contains an entry for Coney Island. See our Misc Page for Coney Island for more information.