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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Montague was listed as Montague Courthouse.

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Montague. See our Misc Page for Montague 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/