Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Shade Gap 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 Shade Gap:
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)

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

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

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

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