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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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