Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Kingston Mines:

Kingston Mines was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingston Mines. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Peoria County: www.co.peoria.il.us/

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