Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Lexington:

Lexington was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)