Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Murphysboro 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 Murphysboro:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Murphysboro:

The following route mentioned Murphysboro as a scheduled stop:

The City of New Orleans: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of New Orleans (train schedule from 1947). The City of New Orleans travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)