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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Cedar City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Cedar City in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cedar City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

From that list:

The Cedar City post office opened in 1854.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cedar City:
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

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)

Rand McNally Map of Arizona and New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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)

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Cedar City:

Cedar City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The official website for Cedar City: www.cedarcity.org/

The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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