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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Gallipolis 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 Gallipolis:
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, Gallipolis was listed as Gallipolis Courthouse.<1>

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)

Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Ohio (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company


In addition:

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Gallipolis:

Gallipolis was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

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/