Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Piper City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Piper City in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

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

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

From that list:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Piper City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Piper City:

Piper City was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov