Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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