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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Conings 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 Conings. See our Misc Page for Conings 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/