Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Nelson data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Nelson:

Nelson was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nelson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/