Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Grape Island 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 Grape Island. See our Misc Page for Grape Island for more information.