Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Petal data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

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

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

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