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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Kaskaskia came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Kaskaskia in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kaskaskia. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Kaskaskia, 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 Kaskaskia:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Kaskaskia was listed as Kaskaskia Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

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

Kaskaskia was listed as Kaskaskia Courthouse.

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/