Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Grand Ridge 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 Grand Ridge:
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)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Grand Ridge:

Grand Ridge was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)