Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Austin was listed as Austin Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883)
Published by A.C. Shewey & Co.

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Austin 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 Austin. See our Misc Page for Austin for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Austin:

Austin was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Austin: www.austinnevada.com/

The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/