Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Sicily came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Sicily in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sicily. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Sicily 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 Sicily:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Sicily. See our Misc Page for Sicily for more information.