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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Grayville, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Grayville:
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

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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Grayville:

Grayville was mentioned in the following schedules:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/