Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Wanship 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 Wanship:
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 from 1900 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Wanship:

Wanship 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)