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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Pike Lake 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 Pike Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Pike Lake. See our Misc Page for Pike Lake 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/