Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lima 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 Lima:
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.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Lima:

Lima was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)