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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

In addition:

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

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

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