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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bird-in-Hand 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 Bird-in-Hand:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast

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

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

In addition:

Bird-in-Hand 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 Bird-in-Hand. See our Misc Page for Bird-in-Hand for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Bird-in-Hand:

Bird-in-Hand was mentioned in the following schedule:

Distances between Philadelphia and Cincinnati (February 1854)

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/