Miscellaneous References and Mentions
While our initial data about Island Grove came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Island Grove in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Island Grove. We hope that they will be useful to you.
Island Grove is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
From that list:
The Island Grove post office opened in 1826 and had closed by 1833.
Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Island Grove. See our Misc Page for Island Grove for more information.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for Sangamon County: www.co.sangamon.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |