Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Fincastle was listed as Fincastle Courthouse.

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

Fincastle was listed as Fincastle Courthouse.

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

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

Fincastle was listed as Fincastle Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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