Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Davenport 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 West Davenport:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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.

West Davenport 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 West Davenport. See our Misc Page for West Davenport for more information.

Railroad Mentions of West Davenport:

West Davenport was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)