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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for North Dakota (1949)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Leeds:

Leeds was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Footnotes ...

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

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