Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Jacobus:

Jacobus was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)