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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Statesville was listed as Statesville Courthouse.

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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Statesville was listed as Statesville Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

Statesville was listed as Statesville Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Statesville:

Statesville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/