Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Mount Carmel was listed as Mount Carmel Courthouse.

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

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Mount Carmel:

Mount Carmel was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)