Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Velasco 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 Velasco:
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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

Velasco 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 Velasco. See our Misc Page for Velasco for more information.