Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Belton 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 Belton:
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

Belton was listed as Belton Courthouse.

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.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Belton:

Belton was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)