Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Dallas was listed as Dallas Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Dallas:

Dallas was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)