Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Buffalo was listed as Buffalo Courthouse.

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

Buffalo was listed as Buffalo Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Buffalo was listed as Buffalo Courthouse.

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Buffalo:

Buffalo was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (May 1892)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

The Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Time Table (1947)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Buffalo: www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/

The official website for Erie County: www.erie.gov/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/