Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Flat Rock 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 Flat Rock:
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

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

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Flat Rock:

Flat Rock was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)