Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Mobile Oil Map of Washington (1949)
Published by Mobile Oil Company

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

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

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