Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Blair was listed as Blair Courthouse.

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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