Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fordland 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 Fordland:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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