Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie du Rocher. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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