Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Coaltown 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 Coaltown. See our Misc Page for Coaltown for more information.