Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mount Sterling 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 Sterling:
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 Sterling was listed as Mount Sterling 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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Mount Sterling:

Mount Sterling was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Sterling. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov