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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

From that list:

The Lake Geneva post office opened in 1882.

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Lake Geneva:

Lake Geneva was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

The official website for Lake Geneva: www.cityoflakegeneva.com/

The official website for Walworth County: www.co.walworth.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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