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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Piketon 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 Piketon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Piketon was listed as Piketon Courthouse.

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

Piketon was listed as Piketon Courthouse.

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

Piketon was listed as Piketon Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Piketon:

Piketon was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/