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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Black River Falls came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Black River Falls in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Black River Falls. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

From that list:

The Black River Falls post office opened in 1849.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Black River Falls:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Black River Falls was listed as Black River Falls Courthouse.

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

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

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

The official website for Black River Falls: www.blackriverfalls.com/

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

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

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









 

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