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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Hurricane 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 Hurricane:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

Shell Oil Road Map for West Virginia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Hurricane:

Hurricane was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hurricane. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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