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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Medford:

Medford was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Footnotes ...

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

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