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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ashland 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 Ashland:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Ashland:

Ashland was mentioned in the following schedules:

Chicago and Northwest Railway Time Table (September 1901)

Chicago and Northwest Railway Time Table (June 1913)

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/