Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia:
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)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Philadelphia:

Philadelphia was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)