Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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