Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Carrollton was listed as Carrollton 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

Carrollton was listed as Carrollton Courthouse.

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

Carrollton was listed as Carrollton Courthouse.

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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