Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Shell Oil Road Map for North Carolina (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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