Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Kingwood was listed as Kingwood Courthouse.

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

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

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