Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Dowell data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

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

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

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