Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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