Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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