Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Galveston 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 Galveston:
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

Galveston was listed as Galveston 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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Galveston:

Galveston was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Galveston: www.cityofgalveston.org/

The official website for Galveston County: www.co.galveston.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/