Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Oswego was listed as Oswego Courthouse.

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

Oswego was listed as Oswego Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Oswego was listed as Oswego Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Oswego:

Oswego was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oswego. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oswego County: www.co.oswego.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/