Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing 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 (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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