Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about West Seattle, 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 West Seattle:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

West Seattle 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 West Seattle. See our Misc Page for West Seattle for more information.