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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Miles 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 Miles. See our Misc Page for Miles 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/