Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Farmer City, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

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

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

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

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 (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Farmer City:

Farmer City was mentioned in the following schedules:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)