Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Creal Springs 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 Creal Springs:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad 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)

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

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

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

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