Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Highland Park 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 Highland Park:
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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Highland Park: www.ci.highland-park.il.us/

The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.il.us

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