Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

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