Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Lake Zurich:

Lake Zurich was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lake Zurich: www.volz.org/

The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.il.us

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