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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Grottoes 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 Grottoes:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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:

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Grottoes. See our Misc Page for Grottoes 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/