Do you know of Looking Glass ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Looking Glass. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Looking Glass.

We found mention of Looking Glass as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Clinton County, Illinois.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1846 and closed  in 1867.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Looking Glass ...

We found two communities that share the name Looking Glass.

Within Illinois, the name Looking Glass is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Nebraska
    • Platte County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Looking Glass [Platte County].
  • Oregon
    • Union County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Looking Glass [Union County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Looking Glass ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Looking Glass:

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

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

More Orphans in  Clinton County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Clinton County.