Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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.

Grand Gulf 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 Grand Gulf. See our Misc Page for Grand Gulf for more information.