Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Huntsville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Huntsville in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Huntsville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

From that list:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Huntsville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Huntsville was listed as Huntsville Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Huntsville:

Huntsville was mentioned in the following schedules:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Huntsville: www.ci.huntsville.tx.us/

The official website for Walker County: www.co.walker.tx.us/

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