Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Fairbury, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fairbury:
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

Fairbury was listed as Fairbury Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Fairbury:

Fairbury was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)