Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Merkel:

Merkel was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

The Texas & Pacific Railroad Employees' Time Table #49 (May 1939)