Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

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

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Port Royal. See our Misc Page for Port Royal for more information.