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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Beaufort 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 Beaufort:
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

Beaufort was listed as Beaufort Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Beaufort was listed as Beaufort Courthouse.

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

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

Beaufort was listed as Beaufort Courthouse.

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Beaufort. See our Misc Page for Beaufort 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/