Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blue Springs 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 Blue Springs:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Blue Springs:

Blue Springs was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)