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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Peters Creek 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 Peters Creek:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

In addition:

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Peters Creek. See our Misc Page for Peters Creek 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/