Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Port Gibson 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 Port Gibson:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

Port Gibson was listed as Port Gibson Courthouse.

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

Port Gibson was listed as Port Gibson Courthouse.

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

Port Gibson was listed as Port Gibson Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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