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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

In this book, Dayton was listed as Dayton Courthouse.<1>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

In this book, Dayton was listed as Dayton Courthouse.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

In this book, Dayton was listed as Dayton Courthouse.<1>

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)

Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Ohio (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Dayton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Dayton:

Dayton was mentioned in the following schedules:

Amtrak Time Tables (May 1971)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central 'Big Four' Time Tables (August 1908)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Pennsylvania Railroad Time Tables (March 1920)

The following route mentioned Dayton as a scheduled stop:

The Cincinnatian: From Baltimore & Ohio Railroad timetable for the defunct Cincinnatian #2 (train schedule from 1969). The Cincinnatian travelled between Detroit (MI) and Cincinnati (OH).

Footnotes ...

<1>	For information about how community names have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
<2>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/