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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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