Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blue Island 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 Blue Island:
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)

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Blue Island:

Blue Island was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)