Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lancaster data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

Lancaster was listed as Lancaster Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Lancaster was listed as Lancaster Courthouse.

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

Lancaster was listed as Lancaster Courthouse.

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

Lancaster was listed as Lancaster Courthouse.

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

Shell Oil Road Map for South Carolina (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Lancaster:

Lancaster was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lancaster: www.lancastercitysc.com/

The official website for Lancaster County: www.lancastercountysc.net/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/