Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Shelter Island came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Shelter Island in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shelter Island. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Shelter Island, 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 Shelter Island:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

Shelter Island 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 Shelter Island. See our Misc Page for Shelter Island for more information.