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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Brigham City was listed as Brigham City Courthouse.

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)

The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second Edition)
Written by: Gannett, Henry
Published by the Department of the Interior, the United States Geological Survey - 1905
(Document found on Google Books)

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)

Map from 1900 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Brigham City. See our Misc Page for Brigham City 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/