Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

From that list:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Edwardsville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Edwardsville was listed as Edwardsville Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Edwardsville was listed as Edwardsville Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Edwardsville was listed as Edwardsville Courthouse.

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Edwardsville:

Edwardsville was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Edwardsville: www.cityofedwardsville.com/

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov