Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Lake came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Lake in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lake. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Lake. See our Misc Page for Lake for more information.