Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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