Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Del Rio 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 Del Rio:
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.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Del Rio:

Del Rio was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)