Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ballsville 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 Ballsville:
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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Ballsville 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 Ballsville. See our Misc Page for Ballsville for more information.