Oh, yeah, Marvelous Friend! Along with Shanachie , there's also Nikola- pray for Texas , who regularly posts about her library exploits on the Newsfeed--without the Community Newsfeed, I wouldn't have ever found her. Though I think Grateful Jess might have just left her library job in the last couple of weeks, I could be wrong and I think she worked there for like a decade, so she might still be able to offer info even if she has left.

Good luck! Thanks for the idea of contacting our WdC librarians, Brandiwyn🎶! I can't believe I didn't think of that. But if they can't give you ALL the info you want, I'm pretty sure librarians and historians in the towns you are interested in can provide more info about themselves and towns nearby that may have merged into them or disappeared altogether, Marvelous Friend.