Norway in America - SourcesPost office names in USA and Canada with Norwegian origin.Research by Hallvard Slettebø and Dag Henriksbø. This page was updated 28 April 2021. |
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| These are some of the sources we have used. Many more books and websites have been consulted. | |
| United States of America | |
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| General | US Postal Bulletins and PL&Rs |
| General | NB – Norvegiana Nyhetsbrev |
| General | NN – Norvegiana Nytt |
| General | NFT – Norsk Filatelistisk Tidsskrift |
| General | LP – La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History |
| General | Flom, George T.: "A history of Norwegian immigration to the United States: from the earliest beginning down to the year 1848" (1909) |
| General | Haugen, Einar: "Norsk i Amerika" 1975 |
| General | Helbock, Richard W.: "United States Post Offices" Vol I-VIII (1998-2007) |
| General | Helleland, Botolv: "Norsk Språk i Amerika / Norwegian Language in America" (1991) |
| General | Landelius, Otto Robert et al: "Swedish Place-Names in North America" (1985) |
| General | Lovoll, Odd S.: "A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today" (1998) |
| General | Lovoll, Odd S.: "The Promise of America" (1984) |
| General | Qualey, Carlton C.: "Norwegian Settlement in the United States" (1938) |
| General | Rolfsen, Nordahl: "Norge i Amerika" (1915) |
| General | Sande, Lars Chr.: "De som dro ut" (1975) |
| General | Semmingsen, Ingrid: "Veien mot vest" (1941) |
| General | Ulvestad, Martin: "Nordmændene i Amerika - deres Historie og Rekord" (1906) |
| General | Ulvestad, Martin: "Norge i Amerika" (1901) |
| General | Wikipedia |
| Railway | Kay, John & Fred MacDonald: "Mail Travel Guide" (2019) |
| Railway | Kay, John: "Directory of Railway Post Office" (1997) |
| Railway | Towle & MacDonald: "US Railway Post Office Postmark Catalog" (2001) |
| R.F.D. | "Rural Free Delivery" |
| R.F.D. | Richow, Harold C.: "Encyclopedia of R.F.D. Cancels" (1983) |
| R.F.D. | Stehle, Randy: "Rural Free Delivery Notes: Recent discoveries & identifying manuscript RFD markings" |
| R.F.D. | USPS: "First Rural Routes by State" |
| California | Gudde, Ervin G.: "California Place Names" (1998) |
| Illinois | Adams, James N.: "Illinois Place Names" (1989) |
| Illinois | Callary, Edward: "Place names of Illinois" (2009) |
| Illinois | Stennet, W.H.: "A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways" (1908) |
| Illinois | Strand, Algot E.: "A history of the Norwegians of Illinois" (1905) |
| Iowa | Savage, Tom: "A Dictionary of Iowa Place-names" (2007) |
| Iowa | Ramsey, Guy Reed: "Postmarked Iowa" (1976) |
| Michigan | Davidson, Clifford O.: "Norwegians in Michigan" (2010) |
| Michigan | Romig, L.H.D., Walter: "Michigan Place Names" (1986) |
| Minnesota | Blegen, Theodore C.: "Minnesota, A History of the State" (1964) |
| Minnesota | Fochs, Ronda: "Minnesota’s Lost Towns" North, North II, Central, South (2014-2016) |
| Minnesota | Risvold, Floyd E.; "The Minnesota Territory in postmarks, letters and history" (1985) |
| Minnesota | Upham, Warren: "Minnesota Place Names" (2001) |
| Montana | Cheney, Roberta Carkeek: "Names on the face of Montana" (2000) |
| North Dakota | Wick, Douglas A.: "North Dakota Place Names" (1988) |
| North Dakota | "The Dakota Collector" |
| Oklahoma | Shirk, George H.: "Oklahoma Place Names" (1989) |
| Oregon | McArthur, Lewis A.: "Oregon Geographic Names" (1954) |
| South Dakota | Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk: "South Dakota Geographic Names" (1973) |
| South Dakota | "The Dakota Collector" |
| Texas | Bradfield, Bill & Clare: "Muleshoe & More" (1998) |
| Washington | Brokenshire, Douglas: "Washington State Place Names from Alki to Yelm" (2008) |
| Washington | Hitchman, Robert: "Place Names of Washington" (1985) |
| Washington | Meany, Edmond S.: "Origin of Washington Geographic Names" (1923) |
| Washington | Phillips, James W.: "Washington State Place Names" (1976) |
| Wisconsin | Callary, Edward: "Place names of Wisconsin" (2016) |
| Wisconsin | Gard, Robert E. and L. G. Sorden: "The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names" (1968) |
| Wisconsin | Moertl, Frank: "Wisconsin, Its Territorial and Statehood Post Offices" (2002) |
| Canada | |
| General | "Post offices and postmasters" |
| General | Barr, Ellinor: "Swedes in Canada: Invisible Immigrants" (2015) |
| General | Landelius, Otto Robert: "Swedish Place-Names in North America" (1985) |
| General | Wikipedia |
| Alberta | Karamitsanis, Harrison, Aubrey: "Place Names of Alberta" vol I-IV (2001) |
| Saskatchewan | McLennan, D.: "Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park" (2008) |
| Saskatchewan | Russell, E.T.: ""What's in a Name" - The Story Behind Saskatchewan Place Names" (1980) |
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