Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

Utah Place Names
Written by: Van Cott, John W.
Published by the University of Utah Press, 1990
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1890 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of American Fork:

American Fork was mentioned in the following schedules:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)