Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Colvin Park 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 Colvin Park:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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)

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

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

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