Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Missouri (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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