Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Granite City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Granite City in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Granite City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

From that list:

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)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Granite City:

Granite City was mentioned in the following schedules:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

The following route mentioned Granite City as a scheduled stop:

The Abraham Lincoln: From Baltimore & Ohio Railroad timetable for the defunct Abraham Lincoln (train schedule from 1950). The Abraham Lincoln travelled between Chicago (IL) and Saint Louis (MO)

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.il.us/

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