Miscellaneous References and Mentions
While our initial information about Westville came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Westville in various books and other sources.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Westville. We hope that they will be useful to you.
Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Westville 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 Westville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
Westville was listed as Westville Courthouse.
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Westville was listed as Westville Courthouse.
Westville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
From that list:
The Westville post office opened in Westville was listed as Westville Courthouse..
The GNIS database contains an entry for Westville. See our Misc Page for Westville for more information.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |