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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Surry was listed as Surry Courthouse.

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

Surry was listed as Surry Courthouse.

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

Surry was listed as Surry Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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