Miscellaneous References and Mentions
While our initial data about New Michigan came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of New Michigan in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about New Michigan. We hope that they will be useful to you.
New Michigan is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
From that list:
The New Michigan post office opened in 1849 and had closed by 1872.
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
The GNIS database contains an entry for New Michigan. See our Misc Page for New Michigan for more information.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Livingston County: www.livingstoncounty-il.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |