Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains:
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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Pleasant Plains:

Pleasant Plains was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)