Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Somerton 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 Somerton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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

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

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