Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Philadelphia was listed as Philadelphia Courthouse.

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.

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

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

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

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