Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Syracuse was listed as Syracuse 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

Syracuse was listed as Syracuse Courthouse.

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

Syracuse was listed as Syracuse 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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Syracuse:

Syracuse was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

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 ...

The official website for Syracuse: www.syracuse.ny.us/

The official website for Onondaga County: www.ongov.net/

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