Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Carlyle 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 Carlyle:
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

Carlyle was listed as Carlyle Courthouse.

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

Carlyle was listed as Carlyle Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Carlyle:

Carlyle was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carlyle: www.carlyle.il.us/

The official website for Clinton County: www.clintonco.org/

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