Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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.

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

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

We found Westport in these Censuses: 1990. See our Census Page for Westport for more information.

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

Railroad Mentions of Westport:

Westport was mentioned in the following schedules:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)