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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about West View, 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 West View:
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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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