Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Peotone:

Peotone was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)