Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Gibson City 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 Gibson City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Gibson City:

Gibson City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)