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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Floydada 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 Floydada:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Oklahoma (1948)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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