Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Laredo was listed as Laredo Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Laredo:

Laredo was mentioned in the following schedule:

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Laredo: www.ci.laredo.tx.us/

The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/

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