Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for New York (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Railroad Mentions of Amsterdam:

Amsterdam was mentioned in the following schedules:

Amtrak Time Tables (January 2014)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Time Tables (June 1889)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)