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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Nyssa, 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 Nyssa:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Nyssa:

Nyssa was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Nyssa as a scheduled stop:

The City of Portland: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Portland (train schedule from 1956). The City of Portland travelled between Chicago (IL) and Portland (OR)

Footnotes ...

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

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