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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/