Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Port Republic 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 Port Republic. See our Misc Page for Port Republic for more information.