Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Franklin 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 Franklin:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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)

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

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

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

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