Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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