Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rio Grande City 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 Rio Grande City:
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

Rio Grande City was listed as Rio Grande City Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

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

We found Rio Grande City in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Rio Grande City for more information.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rio Grande City: www.ci.rio-grande-city.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/