Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Garden Prairie 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 Garden Prairie:
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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

We found Garden Prairie in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Garden Prairie for more information.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Prairie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Boone County: www.boonecountyil.org/

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