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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Orleans Cross Roads 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 Orleans Cross Roads. See our Misc Page for Orleans Cross Roads 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/