Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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