RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Vermont >> Washington County >> Northfield >> MentionsIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Vermont


The Commemorative Quarter for Vermont







Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Northfield:

Northfield was mentioned in the following schedule:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

The following route mentioned Northfield as a scheduled stop:

The Ambassador / New Englander: From the timetable for the defunct Ambasador / New Englander (train schedule from 1941). The Ambasador / New Englander travelled between Boston (MA) and Montreal (QC)

Footnotes ...

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

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