Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our La Harpe 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 La Harpe:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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