Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our New Castle 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 New Castle:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for New Castle: www.newcastlepa.org/

The official website for Lawrence County: www.co.lawrence.pa.us/

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