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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Cary, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

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)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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