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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Chrisman 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 Chrisman:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Chrisman:

Chrisman was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Footnotes ...

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

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