Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Lima:

Lima was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)