Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Merry Point 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 Merry Point. See our Misc Page for Merry Point for more information.