Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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