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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

Geneva was listed as Geneva Courthouse.

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

Shell Oil Road Map for New York (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Geneva is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Geneva in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Geneva for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Geneva. See our Misc Page for Geneva for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Geneva:

Geneva was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

The official website for Geneva: www.geneva.ny.us/

The official website for Ontario County: www.co.ontario.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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