Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Rockford, 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 Rockford:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Rockford:

Rockford was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)