Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Brenham was listed as Brenham 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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Brenham:

Brenham was mentioned in the following schedule: