Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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.

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

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

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