Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Benson Mines 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 Benson Mines:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

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

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Benson Mines 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 Benson Mines. See our Misc Page for Benson Mines for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Benson Mines:

Benson Mines was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)