Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Jefferson was listed as Jefferson Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Jefferson:

Jefferson was mentioned in the following schedule: