Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Abington 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 Abington:
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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1908)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Abington: www.abington.org/

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/