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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing 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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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