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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Amelia:

Amelia 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/