Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Opossum 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 Opossum. See our Misc Page for Opossum for more information.