Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

Railroad Mentions of Forestport:

Forestport was mentioned in the following schedules:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)