Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Towanda was listed as Towanda Courthouse.

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

Towanda was listed as Towanda Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Towanda was listed as Towanda Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Towanda:

Towanda was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)