Miscellaneous References and Mentions
While our initial data about Chicago Ridge came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Chicago Ridge in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chicago Ridge. We hope that they will be useful to you.
Chicago Ridge is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
From that list:
The Chicago Ridge post office opened in 1899.
We found Chicago Ridge in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Chicago Ridge for more information.
Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Chicago Ridge. See our Misc Page for Chicago Ridge for more information.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chicago Ridge: www.chicagoridge.org/
The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/
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/ |