Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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