Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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