Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Nilwood:

Nilwood was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)