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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Owensdale 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 Owensdale. See our Misc Page for Owensdale 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/