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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Braidwood came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Braidwood in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Braidwood. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Braidwood, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Braidwood:
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)

In addition:

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/