Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Marfa came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Marfa in various books and other sources.

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Marfa 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 Marfa:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Marfa:

Marfa was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)