Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Beacon data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for New York (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Beacon:

Beacon was mentioned in the following schedules:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)