Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Castroville was listed as Castroville Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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