Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lake Placid 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 Lake Placid:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express 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.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Lake Placid:

Lake Placid 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)