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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for New York (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/