Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Far Rockaway 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 Far Rockaway:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

Far Rockaway 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 Far Rockaway. See our Misc Page for Far Rockaway for more information.