Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Union 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 West Union:
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

West Union was listed as West Union Courthouse.

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

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

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

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