Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Homewood, 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 Homewood:
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)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Homewood:

Homewood was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Homewood: www.village.homewood.il.us/

The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/

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