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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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 of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

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

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

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