RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Missouri >> Atchison County >> Tarkio >> MentionsIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Missouri


The Commemorative Quarter for Missouri







Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Tarkio, 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 Tarkio:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Tarkio. See our Misc Page for Tarkio 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/