Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fosston 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 Fosston:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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