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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Sand Patch 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 Sand Patch:
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)

Sand Patch 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 Sand Patch. See our Misc Page for Sand Patch 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/