Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Sykesville:

Sykesville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sykesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/