Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of New Athens:

The following route mentioned New Athens 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)