Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Hookstown 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 Hookstown:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

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

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

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