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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Chilhowie 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 Chilhowie:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Virginia (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/