Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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