Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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.

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

Railroad Mentions of West Nanticoke:

West Nanticoke was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)