Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Blanco was listed as Blanco Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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