Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Plainsville 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 Plainsville. See our Misc Page for Plainsville for more information.