Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Nevada Place Names - A Geographical Dictionary
Written by: Carlson, Helen S.
University of Nevada Press, 1974
(Available from Amazon.com)

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