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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Alum Rock came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Alum Rock in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alum Rock. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

In addition:

Alum Rock 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 Alum Rock. See our Misc Page for Alum Rock for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/