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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Stafford data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

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

Stafford was listed as Stafford Courthouse.

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

Stafford was listed as Stafford Courthouse.

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

Stafford was listed as Stafford Courthouse.

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

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

Stafford 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 Stafford. See our Misc Page for Stafford for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Stafford:

Stafford was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/