Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Glenolden:

Glenolden was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)