Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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