Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Mesilla was listed as Mesilla Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1920)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1951)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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