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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Old Forge, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Old Forge:
Services available in 1895: had a Post 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.

Old Forge 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 Old Forge. See our Misc Page for Old Forge for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Old Forge:

Old Forge was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/