Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mound City 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 Mound City:
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 - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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)

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Mound City:

Mound City was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)