Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Wessington 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 Wessington:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of South Dakota (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for South Dakota (1949)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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