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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Elkins came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Elkins in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elkins. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Elkins. See our Misc Page for Elkins 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/