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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Virginia City, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Virginia City:
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

Virginia City was listed as Virginia City Courthouse.

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

Virginia City 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 Virginia City. See our Misc Page for Virginia City for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Virginia City:

Virginia City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Footnotes ...

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

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