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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lavon 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 Lavon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/