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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/