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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Auto Trails Map of Oregon (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Mobile Oil Map of Oregon (1949)
Published by Mobile Oil Company

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Arlington:

Arlington was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Arlington as a scheduled stop:

The Idahoan: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Idahoan (train schedule from 1951). The Idahoan travelled between Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA)

Footnotes ...

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

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