Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Long Island data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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.

Long Island 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 Long Island. See our Misc Page for Long Island for more information.