Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bethany 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 Bethany:
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

Bethany was listed as Bethany Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Bethany was listed as Bethany Courthouse.

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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