Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about College Point came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of College Point in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about College Point. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our College Point 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 College Point:
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)

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

College Point 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 College Point. See our Misc Page for College Point for more information.