Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Saint Paul was listed as Saint Paul Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Saint Paul:

Saint Paul was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following routes mentioned Saint Paul as a scheduled stop:

The Empire Builder: From Great Northern Railroad timetable for the defunct Empire Builder (train schedule from 1947). The Empire Builder travelled between Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA)

The Western Star: From Great Northern Railroad timetable for the defunct Western Star (schedule from 1970). The Western Star travelled between Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Saint Paul: www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/

The official website for Ramsey County: www.co.ramsey.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/