Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Tappahannock 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 Tappahannock:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Tappahannock was listed as Tappahannock Courthouse.

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

Tappahannock was listed as Tappahannock Courthouse.

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

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

Tappahannock was listed as Tappahannock Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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