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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Monterey was listed as Monterey Courthouse.

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.

Shell Oil Road Map for Virginia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Monterey in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Monterey for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Monterey. See our Misc Page for Monterey 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/