Miscellaneous References and Mentions
While our initial information about Fountain City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Fountain City 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 Fountain City. We hope that they will be useful to you.
Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fountain City 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 Fountain City:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, a Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
Fountain City is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
From that list:
The Fountain City post office opened in Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, a Express Office, no Post Office mentioned.
Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Fountain City. See our Misc Page for Fountain City for more information.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |