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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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.

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Comstock:

Comstock was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/