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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Poughkeepsie, 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 Poughkeepsie:
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

In this book, Poughkeepsie was listed as Poughkeepsie Courthouse.<1>

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

In this book, Poughkeepsie was listed as Poughkeepsie Courthouse.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (1803)

Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

In this book, Poughkeepsie was listed as Poughkeepsie Courthouse.<1>

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

In addition:

Poughkeepsie is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Poughkeepsie:

Poughkeepsie was mentioned in the following schedules:

Amtrak Time Tables (May 1971)

Amtrak Time Tables (January 2014)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (1871)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central 'Big Four' Time Tables (August 1908)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Time Tables (June 1889)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Footnotes ...

<1>	For information about how community names have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
<2>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/