Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Romney was listed as Romney Courthouse.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Romney:

Romney was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)