Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Lexington:

Lexington 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)

The following route mentioned Lexington as a scheduled stop:

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (train schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)