Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Erie was listed as Erie Courthouse.

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

Erie was listed as Erie Courthouse.

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

Erie was listed as Erie Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Erie:

Erie was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Erie: www.cityoferiepa.com/

The official website for Erie County: www.eriecountygov.org/

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