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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Atlantic City, 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 Atlantic City:
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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Atlantic City:

Atlantic City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Footnotes ...

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

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