Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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