Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Versailles was listed as Versailles 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

Versailles was listed as Versailles Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Versailles was listed as Versailles Courthouse.

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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