Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Port Chester:

Port Chester was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)