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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Carlinville 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 Carlinville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Carlinville was listed as Carlinville Courthouse.

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

Carlinville was listed as Carlinville Courthouse.

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

Carlinville was listed as Carlinville Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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)

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Carlinville:

Carlinville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carlinville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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