Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Gum Spring 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 Gum Spring:
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 (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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