Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Forbes:

Forbes was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)