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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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