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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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

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