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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Fox Island came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Fox Island in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fox Island. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Fox Island, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fox Island:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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