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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Island City, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Island City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Island City:

Island City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

Footnotes ...

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

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