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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rainier data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Auto Trails Map of Washington (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Rainier:

Rainier was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Footnotes ...

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

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