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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Island Pond 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 Island Pond:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

Island Pond 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 Island Pond. See our Misc Page for Island Pond 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/