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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Moapa:

The following route mentioned Moapa as a scheduled stop:

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (train schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/