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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Lanton 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 Lanton. See our Misc Page for Lanton for more information.

Footnotes ...

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

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