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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Oglesby came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Oglesby in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oglesby. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/