Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Virginia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Dumfries:

Dumfries was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)