Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

West Plains was listed as West Plains Courthouse.

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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