Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Anson in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Anson for more information.

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