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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rockdale 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 Rockdale:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/