Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

From that list:

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Salt Lake City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Salt Lake City was listed as Salt Lake City Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Salt Lake City:

Salt Lake City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

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)

The following routes mentioned Salt Lake City as a scheduled stop:

The City of Los Angeles: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Los Angeles (train schedule from 1938). The City of Los Angeles travelled between Chicago (IL) and Los Angeles (CA)

The City of Saint Louis: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Saint Louis (train schedule from 1967). The City of Saint Louis travelled between Saint Louis (MO) and Los Angeles (CA)

The California Zephyr: From the timetable for the California Zephyr (schedule from 1954). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)

The California Zephyr: From Amtrak's timetable for the California Zephyr (schedule from 2017). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and Ememeryville (CA) - with bus service to San Francisco (CA)

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Salt Lake City: www.slcgov.com/

The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/

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