Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Flatlands 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 Flatlands. See our Misc Page for Flatlands for more information.