Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Port Byron 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 Port Byron:
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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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