Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Platte City, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Platte City:
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

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

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

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

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