Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

Hixson Map of Montana (1950)
Published by Hixson Map Company

Rand McNally Map of Montana (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of Montana (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Map of Montana (1951)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Chinook:

Chinook was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

The following route mentioned Chinook as a scheduled stop:

The Western Star: From Great Northern Railroad timetable for the defunct Western Star (train schedule from 1970). The Western Star travelled between Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA)