Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Tyler was listed as Tyler Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Tyler:

Tyler was mentioned in the following schedules:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tyler: www.cityoftyler.org/

The official website for Smith County: www.smith-county.com/

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