Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Asylum 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 Asylum:
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 (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Asylum. See our Misc Page for Asylum for more information.