Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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