Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie:
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 (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Grand Prairie: www.ci.grand-prairie.tx.us/

The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/

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