Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Rockton:

Rockton was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)