Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fire Island 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 Fire Island:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Fire Island 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 Fire Island. See our Misc Page for Fire Island for more information.