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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Joseph 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 Joseph:
Services available in 1895: had a Post 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

In addition:

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Joseph:

Joseph was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

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/