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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Clearfield was listed as Clearfield Courthouse.

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

Clearfield was listed as Clearfield Courthouse.

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

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Clearfield. See our Misc Page for Clearfield 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/