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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Vandergrift, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Vandergrift:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Vandergrift:

Vandergrift was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/