Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oshkosh 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 Oshkosh:
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

Oshkosh was listed as Oshkosh Courthouse.

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

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Oshkosh:

Oshkosh was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)