Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Rockford was listed as Rockford Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Rockford was listed as Rockford Courthouse.

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

Rockford was listed as Rockford Courthouse.

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Rockford:

Rockford was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)