Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Quitman was listed as Quitman Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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