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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Cotton Port. See our Misc Page for Cotton Port 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/