Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

West Chester was listed as West Chester Courthouse.

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of West Chester:

West Chester was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)