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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Saint Paul 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 West Saint Paul:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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