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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Roaring Spring. See our Misc Page for Roaring Spring 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/