Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Reading was listed as Reading Courthouse.

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

Reading was listed as Reading Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Reading was listed as Reading Courthouse.

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Reading:

Reading was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Reading: www.cityofreadingpa.com/

The official website for Berks County: www.co.berks.pa.us/

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