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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Eagle Pass, 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 Eagle Pass:
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

Eagle Pass was listed as Eagle Pass 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)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Eagle Pass:

Eagle Pass 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/