Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Cairo 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 Cairo:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Cairo. See our Misc Page for Cairo for more information.