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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Hoosick Falls, 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 Hoosick Falls:
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 (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Hoosick Falls:

Hoosick Falls was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

Footnotes ...

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

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