Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Pigeon Forge 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 Pigeon Forge:
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

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.

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

We found Pigeon Forge in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Pigeon Forge for more information.

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