Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Coatesville. See our Misc Page for Coatesville for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Coatesville:

Coatesville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Coatesville: www.coatesville.org/

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/