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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Carrollton was listed as Carrollton Courthouse.

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

Carrollton was listed as Carrollton Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Carrollton was listed as Carrollton Courthouse.

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Carrollton:

Carrollton was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

The following route mentioned Carrollton as a scheduled stop:

The Grand Canyon: From Santa Fe Railroad timetable for the defunct Grand Canyon (train schedule from 1969). The Grand Canyon travelled between Chicago (IL) and Los Angeles (CA)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/