Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Cave-In-Rock 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 Cave-In-Rock:
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Cave-In-Rock. See our Misc Page for Cave-In-Rock for more information.