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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Tangent, 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 Tangent:
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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Tangent:

Tangent was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Footnotes ...

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

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