Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Shell Oil Road Map for Ohio (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Minerva:

Minerva was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)