Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Long Island City 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 Long Island City:
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)

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

Long Island City 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 Long Island City. See our Misc Page for Long Island City for more information.