Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Galena was listed as Galena Courthouse.

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)

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

Galena was listed as Galena Courthouse.

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

Galena was listed as Galena Courthouse.

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Galena:

Galena was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)