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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Corsicana, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Corsicana:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

Corsicana was listed as Corsicana 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

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Corsicana:

Corsicana was mentioned in the following schedules:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

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

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