Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Old Fields came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Old Fields in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Old Fields. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

Old Fields 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 Old Fields. See our Misc Page for Old Fields for more information.