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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Selah. See our Misc Page for Selah 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/