Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Sinking Creek 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 Sinking Creek. See our Misc Page for Sinking Creek for more information.