Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Ely:

Ely was mentioned in the following schedules:

Nevada Northern Railway Employees' Time Table #67 (January 1937)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)