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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about New Franken came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of New Franken in various books and other sources.

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

Note: When we started collecting data about New Franken, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for New Franken:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for New Franken. See our Misc Page for New Franken 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/