Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bone Gap 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 Bone Gap:
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 of Illinois (1897)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map (1881)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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