Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Mead:

Mead was mentioned in the following schedule:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)