Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Yorktown:

Yorktown was mentioned in the following schedule:

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yorktown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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