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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Stockton 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 Stockton:
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 of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Stockton:

Stockton was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Stockton as a scheduled stop:

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

Footnotes ...

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

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