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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/