Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Big 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.

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

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