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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/