Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rock Falls 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 Rock Falls:
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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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