Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Brownstown 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 Brownstown:
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 (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Brownstown:

Brownstown was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)