Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Missoula was listed as Missoula Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Missoula:

Missoula was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)