Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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