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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Lorraine came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Lorraine in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lorraine. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lorraine 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 Lorraine:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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)

Lorraine 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 Lorraine. See our Misc Page for Lorraine 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/