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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Alleyton 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 Alleyton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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


Railroad Mentions of Alleyton:

Alleyton was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Footnotes ...

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

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