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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Chillicothe. See our Misc Page for Chillicothe 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/