Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Decatur 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 Decatur:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

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