Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Port Orford:

Port Orford was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)