Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Palmyra was listed as Palmyra Courthouse.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Palmyra:

Palmyra was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)