Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Portsmouth was listed as Portsmouth Courthouse.

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 from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Portsmouth:

Portsmouth was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)