Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fort Atkinson 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 Fort Atkinson:
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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Fort Atkinson:

Fort Atkinson was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)