Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1920 (unknown title/publisher)

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

Patroon 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 Patroon. See our Misc Page for Patroon for more information.