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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Lake Bluff. See our Misc Page for Lake Bluff 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/