Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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