Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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