Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Illinois City 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 Illinois City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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