Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bloomington 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 Bloomington:
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

Bloomington was listed as Bloomington Courthouse.

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)

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Bloomington:

Bloomington was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

The following route mentioned Bloomington as a scheduled stop:

The Abraham Lincoln: From Baltimore & Ohio Railroad timetable for the defunct Abraham Lincoln (train schedule from 1950). The Abraham Lincoln travelled between Chicago (IL) and Saint Louis (MO)