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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of New Oxford:

New Oxford was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

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

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