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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Amanda came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Amanda in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Amanda. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Amanda, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Amanda:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Amanda:

Amanda was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Footnotes ...

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

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