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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Harpursville, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Harpursville:
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

In this book, Harpursville was named Harpersville.

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

In this book, Harpursville was named Harpersville.

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

In this book, Harpursville was named Harpersville.

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

On this map, Harpursville was named Harpersville.

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


Railroad Mentions of Harpursville:

Harpursville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

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

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