Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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