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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Peoria, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this 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 Peoria:
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

In this book, Peoria was listed as Peoria Courthouse.<1>

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

In this book, Peoria was listed as Peoria Courthouse.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

In this book, Peoria was listed as Peoria Courthouse.<1>

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Peoria is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Peoria:

Peoria was mentioned in the following schedules:

Amtrak Time Tables (January 2014)

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Chicago and Northwest Railway Time Table (June 1913)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central 'Big Four' Time Tables (August 1908)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Pennsylvania Railroad Time Tables (March 1920)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

<1>	For information about how community names have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
<2>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/