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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Cranford:

Cranford was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

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

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