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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Black Oak, 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 Black Oak:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Black Oak 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 Black Oak. See our Misc Page for Black Oak for more information.

Footnotes ...

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

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