Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blanket 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 Blanket:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

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.

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

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

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