Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Kankakee was listed as Kankakee Courthouse.

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Kankakee:

The following routes mentioned Kankakee as a scheduled stop:

The City of Miami: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Miami (train schedule from 1941). The City of Miami travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)

The City of New Orleans: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of New Orleans (train schedule from 1947). The City of New Orleans travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)