Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Portal 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 West Portal:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

West Portal 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 West Portal. See our Misc Page for West Portal for more information.