Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Roans Prairie came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Roans Prairie in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Roans Prairie. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

Roans Prairie 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 Roans Prairie. See our Misc Page for Roans Prairie for more information.