Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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