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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Kanab, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Kanab:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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)

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Kanab:

Kanab was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

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

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