Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

New England 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 New England. See our Misc Page for New England for more information.