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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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