Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Burlington 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 Burlington:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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