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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Meadville was listed as Meadville Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Meadville was listed as Meadville Courthouse.

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

Meadville was listed as Meadville Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/